Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 112 Preparing Materials

The next day, at noon.

Carrying the clothes he had packed the night before, Yaro glanced back at the quiet wooden house and felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

One day they talked at length and dreamed about the future, and the next day they went their separate ways and went their separate ways.

Isn't this exactly what graduation season is like?

Three people, three paths: one joined the army, one went to work, and one went on to study for a master's degree... Different choices, but all were full of expectations for the future.

Perhaps that's not entirely true either.

Everyone is still in the academy, but because it's difficult to keep in touch, it's hard to find each other after leaving.

If you have a cell phone, you can just send a message in advance, and no matter where you are in the college beforehand, as long as you are not held up by other things, you can meet up in an hour at most.

After all, the space in each part of the academy is indeed large, but the main transportation hub is the corner road. Through the corner road, no matter which space you want to go to, it's just a matter of blinking an eye.

A thought struck Yaro, and he silently murmured "cell phone" to himself.

Yaro doesn't think he has the ability to make a mobile phone by himself yet.

After all, he had never studied these things and had never learned about this information.

But the important thing is the approach. Although he couldn't remember the principle of the walkie-talkie, he could use this approach as a reference.

In any case, the main purpose was simply to learn alchemy and use it as an excuse to build a relationship with the wizard Bosco, rather than to wholeheartedly complete that so-called experiment.

You can try making it when you have time.

With that thought in mind, Yaro put all sorts of odds and ends into his new home, took two magic stones with him, and headed to the Intermediate Apprentice City.

He planned to buy some metal raw materials to conduct his first attempt at alchemy.

Yaro disliked causing trouble, and since he was now quite wealthy, he directly chose the academy's reputable alchemy materials store.

But when Yaro saw the various metal materials, he was conflicted again.

What should I buy?

What should I practice first?

Are we going to practice with walkie-talkies right away?

This is way too difficult to get started!

Completely out of ideas, Yaro simply asked the shop assistant, "Hello, what materials should a beginner in alchemy buy to practice with?"

The shop assistant didn't look down on Yaro because of his youth and immediately introduced the product with enthusiasm: "You can choose to buy iron, copper, or silver. Iron and copper are cheaper and will be used in many large alchemy tools later. Silver is even more important. Silver and mithril have many similarities. The more you practice, the more helpful it will be for mithril refining later."

The shop assistant's answer did not satisfy Yaro, but he didn't have any better ideas at the moment.

Since this was Yaro's first time practicing alchemy, he couldn't afford to waste money buying extraordinary materials. After thinking for a moment, he simply asked the shop assistant, "I'd like to buy a little extra of each metal; could you deliver them to my lab?"

The clerk said, "Sure, you can register your name card information, and we'll send someone to deliver it to you right away."

"Alright then," Yaro said without further ado, "prepare one hundred pounds each of iron and copper, and ten pounds of silver."

Now that we have the raw materials, we also need to prepare the heating materials.

Generally speaking, in proper alchemy, unless the properties of the item being refined are specific, the corresponding materials are usually heated. Yaro doesn't have high requirements right now, and he's not that particular about it; he just buys whichever is the cheapest.

Yaro said, "Firestone, fifty pounds."

This is the cost of a magic stone, which is much more expensive than the materials. Not to mention that materials can be repeatedly smelted, while fire stones need to be purchased again once they are used up.

Looking around, Yaro was dazzled by the sights and his mouth watered at the sight of those magical materials.

But knowing his own limitations, he forced himself to look away, and after explaining things to the shop assistant, he walked back to the research lab on his own.

The living area inside the research lab was spotless. The lab, however, was a mess, with all sorts of equipment piled high with dust. It was clear that they hadn't paid attention to the experimental area while cleaning, so Yarrow would have to do it himself.

The underground laboratory was quite large, filled with all sorts of miscellaneous items. It took Yaro more than an hour to clean it up, and he could only barely manage to organize the usable equipment.

Just as Yaro was about to rest, he suddenly remembered that the materials hadn't been delivered yet, so he ran outside again. But as soon as he opened the door to the laboratory, he found a pile of metal blocks already stacked at the doorway.

"There wasn't even a doorbell, no one to remind us. We didn't even know when they delivered it. Now, we have to carry it all back ourselves."

The streets were already deserted. Yaro cursed his bad luck and had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Outside the research lab, everyone usually sets up a warning array, but Yaro doesn't know how to set one up. If he asks someone to set one up, it would cost more than ten magic stones, and he can't bear to use magic stones on such an unimportant place.

Yaro first moved these things into the yard, closed the outer gate, and then began to organize the supplies.

Things like molten stone definitely can't be kept indoors, but if they're left outside, they can't be left to withstand the wind and rain; they need to be covered up.

As for the metal, Yaro could only slowly move it into the house. His arm injury had not fully healed, and the roads in the yard were not in good condition. By the time he finished, there was already a knock on the door.

Pipett's voice rang out: "Mr. Yarrow, your dinner is ready."

……

After finishing his simple meal, Yaro returned to the underground laboratory, placed the molten stone into the heating plate, and infused it with magic power, preparing to begin his first refining process.

Yaro had already read many books on alchemy, and he had also made summaries after reading them.

Alchemy, as it is called, mainly involves crafting various tools that are powered by magic.

In many cases, the focus is on materials rather than structure, because many extraordinary materials can achieve the same effect as many complex structures in Aro's previous life.

Take the simplest spring, for example. The world already contains many metals, which have super elasticity, so there's no need to specially make springs.

Even if you use very little of those metals, they will still have the necessary elasticity, unlike springs, which require custom-made models to determine their size.

This isn't a big problem for mechanized assembly line production. But in this world, most things are custom-made by hand, and everyone needs a different size or model.

This is why people prioritize choosing different materials to achieve the desired effect, rather than painstakingly researching a particular structure.

Driven by magic, the molten stone released tremendous heat, and the iron block placed in the middle of the heating platform began to turn red and bright, gradually melting.

Yaro wasn't in a hurry. Based on his recently acquired memories, he began to cast the level zero spell - Magic Hand.

(End of this chapter)